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warm-blooded vs. cold-blooded

warm-blooded

[ wawrm-bluhd-id ]
adjective
  1. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
  2. ardent, impetuous, or passionate: young and warm-blooded valor.

cold-blooded

[ kohld-bluhd-id ]
adjective
  1. designating or pertaining to animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium; poikilothermic.
  2. without emotion or feeling; dispassionate; cruel: a cold-blooded murder.
  3. sensitive to cold.